HuBoard vs waffle.io: What are the differences?

Developers describe HuBoard as "GitHub issues made awesome - free for public repos". Adds a lightweight kanban board to GitHub issues, instantly adding project management to your GitHub projects. HuBoard is built from the ground up using the GitHub public API. HuBoard issues are GitHub issues, you will never have to deal with syncronization problems. On the other hand, waffle.io is detailed as "Simple project management for your GitHub issues, free for open source". Track priority and rank for your GitHub issues across multiple repositories. Automatically see issues moved across a board for you, when you open pull requests or create branches.

HuBoard and waffle.io can be primarily classified as "Kanban for GitHub Issues" tools.

Some of the features offered by HuBoard are:

• Lightweight Kanban Board
• Three state multi faceted filtering
• Super fast text search on the title

On the other hand, waffle.io provides the following key features:

• Issues displayed in columns based on GitHub labels
• Realtime updates
• Automatically moves issues across states when you take actions like creating Pull Requests

"GitHub issues" is the primary reason why developers consider HuBoard over the competitors, whereas "Tight integration with github issues" was stated as the key factor in picking waffle.io.